Autograph memorandum signed : Agent's Office, Calcutta, to station masters and others, 1881 Jan. 31.

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Autograph memorandum signed : Agent's Office, Calcutta, to station masters and others, 1881 Jan. 31.

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Stating that Cyrus W. Field and his family "may be allowed the use of a double saloon carriage at ordinary fares ... with liberty to have the same attached or detached to any regular passenger train on the East Indian Railway."

1 item (1 p.) ; 26.2 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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East Indian Railway Company

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Field, Cyrus W. (Cyrus West), 1819-1892

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Cyrus West Field (1819-1892) was a merchant and capitalist who promoted the laying of the first Atlantic cable linking the U.S. with Europe. He formed a company to build cable communications between Newfoundland and Ireland, helped establish elevated trains in New York City, and participated in the development of the Wabash Railroad. Other business ventures included ownership of a New York newspaper, the Mail and Express. From the description of Cyrus W. Field papers, 1831-1905, bulk...